“ Great so far; this was my first meetup ”

— Dave Taubler on Aug 14, 2010.

“ This was my first time attending. If I lived up here instead of in the south bay, I would attend these meetings regularly. ”

— Van Riper on Aug 11, 2010.

“ Its the best java UG in bay. ”

— Lakshman on Aug 11, 2010.

“ Seems like a friendly group of sharp professionals. ”

— Benjamin Bronson on Aug 11, 2010.

“ Professionally run group. ”

— Paul Chen on Aug 11, 2010.

“ I love this group and the presentations are always relevant to today's technology being used. ”

— Darold Davis on Jul 15, 2010.

“ Great way to find out what Bay Area companies are doing and to meet other like minded Java developers in the area. ”

— Shaun Abram on Jul 14, 2010.

“ SF JUG is a great medium to network with fellow developers, architects, and managers and learn about interesting technologies in the Java space. ”

— Aleksandar Gargenta on Jul 14, 2010.

“ I was impressed by the moderator, caliber of folks attending the meeting, and the meeting's location. While I am a new member this was not my first user group meeting. This Meetup Group provides a medium in which interested folks can brush up on or learn new technology while also networking should they care to. My hat is off to you all! ”

— Brigham Thompson on Jun 9, 2010.

“ This JUG meetup is a very informative one. I always learn something new and useful when I go there. It is an excellent group to keep up with the latest trends in the industry. The organizers are doing a wonderful job, getting very good speakers ! ”

— Vinay Nag on Jun 8, 2010.

“ Probably the best organized Meetup available (thanks to Marakana), but also a great place to keep up to date on HTML5, technologies, and platforms supporting HTML5. ”

— Jonas Jacobi on May 12, 2010.

“ Very informative. An excellent way to learn whats new in the industry. ”

— Roshan Paiva on May 12, 2010.

“ I'm happy to see a lively Java group with consistently great speakers and relevant topics. Great stuff. ”

— Marko Gargenta on May 12, 2010.

“ I have been learning a lot on subjects I wouldn't have necessarily thought I would be interested in ... and was wrong. ”

— Henry Dall on May 11, 2010.

“ Allows you to mingle with fellow Java enthusiasts. And Sasa makes sure about give aways... :-) ”

— Kd on Mar 10, 2010.

“ Great line up of speakers. Also a good networking opportunity. Can't beat that. ”

— Chintan on Mar 2, 2010.

“ As part of your job as a Java developer / architect, you have to make decisions based on what you know about the current state of open source and proprietary Java components that you could/should be using. This meetup group can keep you informed, and keep your experience more recent. ”

— Jason Brittain on Mar 2, 2010.

“ I have an amazing JAVA DEV position in the bay area, if you want to know more send me an email.... [masked] ”

— Fedra on Feb 10, 2010.

“ This was a great topic. I am very interested in using Hudson for CI ”

— jwiswell on Feb 10, 2010.

“ Seemed like a good crowd of earnest professionals wanting to improve their skills. Well run meetup. ”

— John Ware on Feb 9, 2010.

“ Intelligent discussion of relevant topics. ”

— Carlos Ambrozak on Feb 9, 2010.

“ Because it's well attended, interesting, and covers important topics. ”

— barnaby on Jan 13, 2010.

“ Good instruction, free, ”

— Roger Marquis on Jan 12, 2010.

“ Great way to go over what works best. ”

— andrew zygarewicz on Dec 16, 2009.

“ Great group of interesting people. ”

— selina on Dec 15, 2009.

“ Because the SF JUG is the place to be! ”

— Stephen Chin on Dec 15, 2009.

“ Great events, lots of people, very well organized. ”

— Rafael Vanoni on Nov 10, 2009.

“ To get exposed to cutting edge tech and network with others in the same field. ”

— Jon on Oct 13, 2009.

“ Friendly and intelligent group. Well organized and run. Good discussions and very open to topics that come from the audience. ”

— David Giacomo on Jun 10, 2009.

“ Depending on your interests, very informative. ”

— Noel Lecaros on Jun 9, 2009.

“ Lots of interesting people to meet, good presentations from leaders in the field. ”

— Evangelos Chaniotakis on May 13, 2009.

“ Tech is a treadmill. Every member of the community must go out of their way to learn about technologies in their space. ”

— John on Mar 10, 2009.

“ Great place for developers to be. Great info, free food, plumbing.... ”

— anthony on Jan 20, 2009.

“ The experiences are the best things. No one is an island. Sharing your experiences and hearing others' is essential in today's industry. ”

— Jeff Mounce on Dec 1, 2008.

“ To share how you and others use Java ”

— Harald on Aug 4, 2008.

“ The forum was very hands on and everyone was involved - laptops and al! ”

— Dave Theriault on Jul 8, 2008.

“ I heard about technologies that I could have learned about on the web - however, I wouldn't have thought to check it out: there are so many Java technologies out there, it's hard to keep up with all of them. So having it presented to you "on a silver platter" was very tasty. ”

— Gene V on Jun 17, 2008.

“ Hands-on, no marketing! ”

— Kuassi Mensah on Apr 7, 2008.

“ Java is still one of the most important commercial platforms. ”

— Dennis Harvey on Apr 7, 2008.

“ Nice interesting people that are into Java, a great venue, and the only presentation I saw was very informative and fun. ”

— John on Mar 5, 2008.

“ because of the t-shirts ”

— dug on Mar 4, 2008.

“ I'm glad it's here. ”

— Shawn on Mar 4, 2008.

“ It was a nice meeting, I wish I could stay more and talk with the folks afterwards, but I had a long (and adventurous :-) journey back home awaiting for me... ”

— Felipe Leme on Mar 3, 2008.

“ I liked the hands-on aspect. ”

— Orion Letizi on Mar 3, 2008.